John F. Kennedy Quotes

But if we can work with people in other parties to get the right answer for the country we'll do that.

Let's clean up the Senate and return to politics of common ground.

If I have learned anything from my time in Congress, it is that the only way we are going to solve the big problems our country faces is by working together.

I know Barack Obama. And I believe that as president, he'll pursue the common good by seeking common ground rather than trying to divide us.

When it's for the good of your state, you put partisan differences aside.

The GOP should be the GSP: the Grand Solutions Party. It should be about solutions, not talking points.

Working together during the past three years, we have confounded the skeptics and the cynics. We've shown that here in Virginia, Democrats and Republicans can come together, put politics aside, and make tough decisions when times demand it.

Our country must be strong enough to solve problems, and that means we must learn how to work together again.

We need more leaders in Congress who are willing to bring people together to solve problems and protect the American Dream for all hardworking Kentuckians.

Let's set aside political gamesmanship and work together for the sake of our children.

The challenges our state faces must be met with the best solutions and ideas we can muster - and good ideas and good people reside on both sides of the aisle.

Arizonans want us to come together, put aside politics, and solve problems. You want us to do our jobs in way that reflects the best of our state. You want us to stop and listen - something that doesn't always come naturally to people in politics.

We must have courage to set partisanship aside and embrace the best ideas and solutions no matter which side of the aisle they come from.

Greatness will come by looking forward - untethered from the politics of the past and anchored by our shared values - and by changing our nation's future.

I believe the people of Wisconsin elected me because I said I will work with anyone - doesn't matter if they're a Republican or a Democrat - I just want to get things done for Wisconsin families. But I also believe Wisconsinites elected me because I will always put people before politics.

Everybody in the world has to compromise. I don't know one person that gets everything they want, so the politicians are going to have to figure that out and stop pointing out, "He shook hands with a Democrat in 1989. He ate with a Republican last week." It's petty high school, even junior high stuff going on. It's junior high politics going on, so it's a shame.

As politics is not subtraction but addition, those who share views and ideas need to join forces and they have to cooperate with political opponents even after they win an election.

I'll be reaching across the aisle to find opportunities to work with Democrats on the issues that desperately need to be addressed.

I'm willing to work with anybody that will put the country first.

I will do my part every day to work with my colleagues in a bipartisan fashion to unite us, and not divide us.

I'm going to look forward to the future as opposed to looking back at the past.

The overwhelming majority of Americans want decent and civil political dialogue, and candidates for office and elected leaders must continue to call for calm and unity, even when there are intense differences of opinion.

I was no party man myself, and the first wish of my heart was, if parties did exist, to reconcile them.

We don't live alone. We are members of one body. We are responsible for each other. And I tell you that the time will soon come when if men will not learn that lesson, then they will be taught it in fire and blood and anguish. Good night.

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